Patient dignity in an acute hospital setting: A case study

Background: The nurse has a professional responsibility to respect the patient's dignity. There is little research on the dignity of patients

Purpose: This study investigates the meaning of patient dignity, the threat to patient dignity, and the patient's dignity.

Design: Single case study design (acute hospital) by qualitative trigonometry, embedded case (ward and its staff)

Participants: 24 patients aged 34 to 92 years were selected. Fifteen men and nine women

Socio-economic background They can communicate verbally and speak English. 12 patients stayed.

The ward was at least 2 days old and received an interview after discharge. The other 12 patients were observed in the ward and interviewed

In reality, ward officials (26 nurses and health care assistants) were observed. 13 people accepted the interview

Method: Data was collected in 2005. It was approved by the local research ethics committee. Unstructured interview

Use 24 patients, 13 ward staff and 6 senior nurses and thematic guides. Episode of 12 hours 4 hours

Participants observed. Analyze data using framework method topics

Survey results: The patient's dignity includes emotions (comfort, sense of control, attention), physical abilities and actions.

The environment, employee behavior and patient factors all influence the patient's dignity. The lack of environmental privacy is threatened

Dignity The favorable physical environment, dignity culture and support from other patients promote dignity. staff

The confusion of simplicity, authoritarianism and privacy threatens dignity. Staff will increase dignity by providing privacy and interaction

It makes patients feel comfort, control and value. Patients with health problems and elderly people are vulnerable to loss.

Patients with dignity develop their own dignity through their attitude (rationalization, use of humor, acceptance)

Conclusion: Patients tend to lose their dignity during hospitalization. Employee's behavior and hospital environment will affect

Key words: surgical care; care; qualitative research; dignity; nurse - patient relations; communication; hospital

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Factors, the environment and employee behavior may threaten or promote patient dignity, but it affects the health of the patient.

In acute hospital environment, the center of patient dignity is comfort, management and attention, other combination.

Because of health problems, they tend to lose their dignity, and this health is further threatened by lack

They can streamline their situation, support other patients, culture and staff of dignity

Patient 's general condition and appearance Description The physical environment of care represents the event under observation: each event: occurrence time. 1/2 Description of employee (field, level)

He found it. . . You can not help it - if you are lying in the next bed. . I just think "I do not talk too much" - I am not proud of myself. (Mrs. X)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the expectation for patient dignity and how to maintain it during hospitalization. Since both authors are conducting health consultations at UK universities and this article is published in nursing journals, this article is intended for medical staff working in hospitals because it is a research place. Since this article is divided into various parts of research, we clearly explain research information. For example, this article provides information on the dignity of information, research methods, research groups, data collection, and research results. Because this is a study, it is only supported in the traditional sense because it merely refers to what other people think about privacy and dignity.

This article summarizes the research funded by the British Forth Valley, Ayrshire, and Arran Primary Care NHS Trust, emphasizing the experience of patients with complex communication needs (CCN) in eight acute inpatient wards It is. This article describes the purpose, method, and results of the study, including feedback from CCN patients, hospital staff, and carers. The focus of the research was on admission of CCN patients, such as patients who can not explain the pain and lack of available communication resources. This article also suggests improving communication between medical institutions' patients, hospital staff and caregivers.